MISSIONARY  MAP  OF  JAPAN 

AND  CHOSEN 

( Presbyterian. ) 


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QUELPART 

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JAPAN 

The  Empire  of  Japan  comprises  6 small  islands,  a portion  of  the 
seventh  and  one  mainland  Kingdom. 

It  stands  as  a world  power  without  immigration. 

The  population,  5 7,500,000  and  is  centered  in  a territory  about 
400  square  miles  greater  than  the  State  of  Montana. 

Japan  is  literate  and  literary.  The  literacy  rate  among  men  is  90 
per  cent. — among  women,  70  per  cent. 

Japanese  children  have  excellent  schools. 

There  are  110,069  Protestant  church  members. 

2 7,225,000  are  in  reach  of  the  Word — 30,230,000  are  as  yet 
untouched. 


CHOSEN 

The  first  Presbyterian  Mission  was  established  in  1887. 

In  1890  only  1 00  converts  were  represented. 

The  number  now  is  200,000. 

Korean  ^children  attending  Presbyterian  Sunday  Schools  number 

There  are  1,185  churches  of  which  1,153  are  self  supporting. 

The  Woman’s  Board  of  Foreign  Missions  of  the 
Presbyterian  Oiurch  in  the  U.  S.  A. 

156  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 


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PEN  PICTURE 


of  the 

CHOSEN  (KOREA) 
MISSION 


of 

JAN  20  '993 
'&0L0 GICAi  SEW"^ 


THE  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 
Department  for  Specific  Work 

THE  WOMAN’S  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 


OF  THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  IN  THE  U.  S.  A. 
156  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City 


Pen  Picture 

of  the 

Chosen  (Korea)  Mission 


Mission  Established-1884. 

One  of  the  youngest  of  Presbyterian  Missions. 
In  one  of  the  smallest  countries ; the  size  of  the 
State  of  Kansas. 

Stations  in  the  Order  of  Founding 


Seoul 

. .1884 

Chungju 1907 

Pyengyang . . 

. . 1894 

Kangkai 1908 

Taiku 

. . 1899 

Aaidong 1910 

Syenchun  . . . . 

. .1901 

W ork  for  Koreans 

Chairyung  . . . 

. . 1906 

in  Manchuria.  1918 

Distinctive  Features 

A people  few  in  numbers  and  weak  in  political 
influence  but  zealous  in  witnessing  for  Christ  in 
spite  of  continued  persecution. 

Rapid  spread  of  the  Gospel  throughout  the 
land. 

Nearly  90%  of  the  churches  self-supporting 
because  of  sacrificial  giving. 

Capable  leadership  developed  through  annual 
training  schools  as  well  as  through  a thorough 
educational  system. 


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Self  government  in  the  church  resulting  in 
establishment  of  Korean  General  Assembly. 

A unique  example  of  denominational  co- 
operation. 

A pre-eminently  fruitful  Mission — 

It  shows: 

30%  of  the  total  communicant  roll. 

38%  of  the  average  church  attendance. 

37%  of  Sunday  School  roll, 

80%  of  the  self-supporting  churches, 
of  the  27  Presbyterian  foreign  Mission  fields  of 
the  world,  or  V3  of  the  developed  foreign  mis- 
sionary work  of  the  entire  Presbyterian  Church. 

Other  Missions  Operating  in  This  Field 

Australian,  Canadian  and  Southern  Presby- 
terians; Northern  and  Southern  Methodists; 
Holiness  Mission ; Salvation  Army ; Seventh  Day 
Adventists;  English  Society  for  the  Propaga- 
tion of  the  Gospel ; Y.  M.  C.  A. 

Situation 

“Where  is  Korea?”  is  a question  still  asked 
although  two  great  wars  have  been  fought 
largely  in  its  territory  within  the  last  twenty- 
five  years  and  more  recently  a war  for  inde- 
pendence has  there  been  waged  which  may  have 
large  influence  not  only  upon  that  nation  itself 
but  upon  our  own  as  well. 

Think  of  the  map  of  China.  Korea  is  a tiny 
peninsula  600  miles  long  and  200  miles  wide 
hanging  down  into  the  Pacific  from  the  upper 
right  hand  corner  of  China.  To  the  east  of  it 
is  Japan,  just  200  miles  away  across  the  Japan 


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Straits.  To  the  west  one  night’s  steaming  across 
the  Yellow  Sea  is  China.  Cross  Manchuria — 
there  a narrow  strip — to  the  north  and  you  enter 
Siberia. 

A Foreign  Missionary  Church 

BO  REA  nestles  among  these  great  powers  much 
as  Palestine  nestled  among  the  great  powers 
of  the  Mediterranean.  Like  Palestine  of  later  times 
it  is  insignificant  politically,  financially  and  educa- 
tionally, but,  like  Palestine,  its  people  seem  to  be 
possessed  of  a peculiar  genius  for  religion  which 
gives  to  those  who  know  it  the  hope  that  it  will  be 
one  of  the  primary  agencies  of  the  evangelization 
of  all  the  Orient. 

Already  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  Korea  is  send- 
ing out  foreign  missionaries  to  all  of  her  greater 
neighbors.  Northward : Eight  pastors  minister  to 

100  congregations  across  the  border  in  Manchuria; 
two  more  preach  to  Koreans  and  Russians  in  and 
around  Vladivostock  in  the  nearest  corner  of 
Siberia ; one  Korean  pastor  shepherds  25  groups  far 
up  in  the  center  of  Siberia.  This  little  Korean 
Church  is  the  only  Protestant  denomination  in  the 
world  preaching  to  the  Russians  in  Siberia.  South- 
ward : Two  pastors  work  in  the  great  Island  of 

Quelpart  in  the  Yellow  Sea.  Eastward : One  Korean 
ministers  in  Tokyo,  Japan,  to  8 congregations  of 
Koreans  and  Japanese.  Westward : Four  pastors 

and  one  doctor  with  their  wives  are  conducting  16 
churches  and  6 day  schools  among  a population  of 
over  1,000,000  in  a territory  20  miles  square  far 
over  in  Shantung,  China.  With  the  work  in  this 


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area  the  American  missionaries  have  nothing  more 
to  do. 

The  name  bj'  which  the  Koreans  know  their  coun- 
try— Chosen — is  indeed  suggestive,  for  God  seems 
to  have  chosen  this  “nation  small  and  despised” 
and  almost  forgotten  by  the  great  nations  of  the 
world,  to  spread  His  Gospel  throughout  all  the  East. 

The  Country 

Physical  Features.  Chosen  is  covered  with  moun- 
tains coming  down  in  a central  backbone  from  the 
Ever  White  Mountain  Peak  on  the  northern  border 
and  sending  out  spurs  on  either  side  which  divide  the 
country  into  its  Eight  Provinces  much  as  was  the 
case  in  ancient  Greece. 

The  Cities.  On  the  eastern  coast  there  are  but  two 
cities,  Wonsan  and  Fusan.  All  down  the  centuries  the 
face  of  Chosen,  geographically  and  mentally  has  been 
towards  China.  In  1910,  Japan  absorbed  the  Hermit 
Nation  and  since  then  has  been  trying  to  make  her 
face  the  other  way.  In  the  center  of  the  country  is 
Seoul,  the  capital,  with  250,000  inhabitants.  North 
of  that  the  two  ancient  capitals,  Pyeng  Yang  and 
Songdo,  have  perhaps  50,000  each,  as  has  also  Taiku, 
the  greatest  city  in  the  south.  This  little  country, 
only  equaling  in  size  the  State  of  Kansas,  has  a pop- 
ulation one-third  as  large  as  that  of  all  South 
America,  or  one-sixth  that  of  the  United  States — 
seventeen  million  Koreans  besides  Japanese,  Chinese 
and  others.  Possibly  three  millions  have  migrated 
northward  across  the  Manchurian  border  since  the 
beginning  of  immigration  from  Japan. 

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Industries  and  Improvements.  The  climate  is  sim- 
ilar to  that  of  Richmond,  Virginia,  in  whose  latitude 
Chosen  lies.  Nine-tenths  of  the  people  live  by  farm- 
ing; rice  is  the  chief  crop  but  barley,  wheat  and 
beans  are  also  raised.  Tigers  and  bears,  deer  and 
wild  hogs  are  found  back  in  the  mountains  but  not 
near  the  towns.  There  are  tiny  razor  back  pigs,  also 
ponies  but  no  large  horses  and  no  sheep.  Great  red 
bulls  and  cows  are  raised  by  the  million  and  are  used 
for  plowing  and  for  carrying  loads  since  1910  over  the 
new  roads  which  the  Government  has  been  construct- 
ing everywhere. 

The  first  railroad  was  built  by  an  American  com- 
pany in  1900.  A few  years  later  the  Japanese  Gov- 
ernment took  over  this  road  and  built  a trunk  line  up 
through  the  country  from  the  southeast  to  the  north- 
west corner  where  it  connects  with  the  Manchurian 
and  farther  on  with  the  Siberian  railroad,  as  also 
with  the  lines  passing  from  Mukden  and  Peking  down 
through  China.  Chosen  is  thus  now  placed  on  the 
main  trunk-line  highway  from  Japan  to  Europe  and 
through  all  the  Orient. 

Two  other  railroads  from  Seoul  going  one  to  the 
northeast  and  the  other  to  the  southwest  make  a great 
letter  X with  the  main  line,  and  at  many  of  the  sta- 
tions of  these  lines  light  railways  or  auto  lines  run 
out  at  right  angles  and  act  as  feeders  to  them.  There 
are  telegraph  lines  and  postoffices  everywhere,  and 
electric  lights  in  all  of  the  larger  cities.  In  Seoul 
there  are  also  street  cars  and  gas. 


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The  People — Characteristics  and  Language 

The  people  are  poor,  extremely  so,  but  industrious 
and  hard  working.  Racially  they  are  similar  to  both 
Chinese  and  Japanese  but  differ  from  both  in  many 
ways.  They  average  larger  than  the  Japanese  and 
are  not  so  brown  in  color.  As  compared  with  the 
latter  they  are  mild  and  gentle.  The  educated  people 
among  them  can  read  the  same  Chinese  characters 
which  the  Japanese  and  Chinese  use,  but  pronounce 
almost  every  syllable  differently  from  either,  so  that 
the  languages  are  as  different  as  is  the  English  from 
the  German. 

In  addition  to  the  Chinese  characters,  the  Koreans 
have  a precious  treasure  in  a phonetic  alphabet  of  only 
26  letters  which  was  invented  by  one  of  their  kings 
four  hundred  years  ago,  but  was  little  used  by  the 
people  until  the  missionaries  came  in  and  adopted  it. 
To  it  is  due  in  great  measure  the  rapid  spread  of 
the  Gospel. 

The  Outstanding  Need  Today 

One  of  the  most  important  features  of  missionary 
work  is  the  distribution  of  Christian  literature,  which 
the  people  buy  in  large  quantities.  At  the  book  stores, 
the  Gospel  is  preached  publicly  and  privately  to  all 
who  come.  The  approved  version  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment is  in  use,  and  a tentative  version  of  the  Old 
Testament  while  the  approved  version  is  being  pre- 
pared. There  are  possibly  300  other  Christian  books, 
but  they  could  all  be  put  on  a three-foot  shelf.  Two 
theological  periodicals,  a Bible  magazine,  and  a Sun- 
day School  magazine  are  published  besides  the  weekly 
paper.  Translation  work  is  the  greatest  need  of  the 
Korean  Church  today. 


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Pioneers  and  Martyrs 

Christian  Missions  in  Chosen  had  their  beginning  in 
1790  when  the  Roman  Catholics  sent  literature  to 
that  country  from  Peking,  resulting  in  the  formation 
of  a group  of  believers.  The  new  faith  with  its  prohi- 
bition of  ancestral  worship  met  with  Government 
opposition  and  in  1803  the  first  Korean  Christian 
suffered  death.  Nearly  60  years  later  the  first  French 
priest  entered  the  country  through  the  sewer  drain 
of  the  border  city  of  Wiju.  Within  three  years 
twenty -three  others  had  gained  entrance.  Nearly  all 
of  these  were  put  to  death  by  the  Government  in  the 
most  revolting  manner.  Many  thousands  of  their 
Korean  followers  suffered  with  them,  being  hunted 
down  like  mad  dogs,  so  that  here,  as  in  other  lands, 
“the  blood  of  the  Martyrs  has  been  the  seed  of  the 
Church.”  The  Romanists  now  (1920)  have  some 
sixty  French  and  German  missionaries  in  the  country 
and  report  70.000  believers. 

Protestant  Missions  in  Chosen 

Evangelical  religion  was  introduced  into  Chosen  in 
1871  by  Rev.  John  Ross,  D.D.,  of  the  Scotch  United 
Presbyterian  Mission  in  Manchuria.  Dr.  Ross  trans- 
lated the  Gospel  of  Luke  and  distributed  copies  to 
Koreans  who  had  crossed  the  border  and  who  on  re- 
turning carried  the  message  to  their  fellows.  Later 
Dr.  Ross  with  his  associates  visited  Chosen  braving 
hardships  and  peril  and  baptized  a number  of  con- 
verts. After  the  establishment  of  treaty  relations 
between  Korea  and  the  United  States.  Dr.  H.  N.  Allen, 
a medical  missionary  in  China,  was  sent  by  the  Pres- 
byterian Board  to  the  capital  of  Chosen  that  he  might 


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through  the  avenue  of  medical  skill  “make  straight 
a highway”  for  the  Gospel.  Reaching  Seoul  in  1884, 
he  was  appointed  physician  to  the  Legation.  His  suc- 
cessful ministries  to  a nephew  of  the  King  secured 
the  royal  favor  at  the  outset,  and  the  King  himself 
established  a hospital,  the  first  institution  of  Western 
civilization  in  that  land.  In  the  same  year  the  Pres- 
byterian Board  appointed  J.  W.  Heron,  M.D.,  and 
Rev.  Horace  G.  Underwood,  D.D.,  to  establish  a Mis- 
sion at  Seoul.  Following  them  by  only  a few  days, 
Rev.  Henry  G.  Appenzeller  and  William  B.  Scranton, 
M.D.,  appeared  upon  the  field  to  inaugurate  a Mission 
of  the  Methodist  Church  North.  The  Southern  Meth- 
odists arrived  shortly  afterward  and  before  the  cen- 
tury closed  the  Presbyterian  ranks  had  been  aug- 
mented by  the  coming  of  the  Australian,  Southern  and 
Canadian  Presbyterians.  Other  Missions  followed 
later — The  Salvation  Army,  The  Holiness  Mission, 
The  Seventh  Day  Adventists,  and  the  English  Society 
for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel.  Some  missionary 
effort  was  also  made  by  churches  in  Japan;  but  the 
chief  evangelistic  responsibility  has  always  rested 
upon  the  Methodists  and  the  Presbyterians,  the  latter 
carrying  two-thirds  of  it  and  our  own  branch  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  conducts  about  one-half  of  all 
the  work  that  is  done. 

From  Seoul  as  a center,  Christianity  spread  here 
and  there  throughout  the  country.  There  is  no  story 
of  modern  Missions  more  remarkable  than  that  of  the 
Korean  Church.  The  first  Protestant  Church  was 
organized  in  1887.  In  1890  ordy  100  converts  were 
reported.  A generation  has  passed  and  the  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Chosen  numbers  200,000  souls,  re- 


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markable  for  simple  primitive  piety  and  evangelistic 
zeal.  These  Christians  regard  themselves  as  indi- 
vidually called  to  communicate  the  truth  they  hold. 
The  injunction  “As  ye  go,  preach’’  is  by  them  lit- 
erally fulfilled ; men  and  women  and  students  give 
days  and  weeks  of  time  that  they  may  “preach  in  the 
next  towns  also”  and  even  when  upon  their  own 
errands,  they  are  always  about  their  Father’s  busi- 
ness, telling  the  story  to  every  one  whom  they  meet, 
as  they  have  seen  their  leaders  do.  And  so,  in  Chosen, 
“the  word  of  the  Lord’’  has  “run.” 

The  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chosen 

This  Church  consists  of  the  Christians  of  all  the 
four  Presbyterian  Missions  working  in  Chosen.  It 
has  its  own  General  Assembly  and  twelve  Presby- 
teries covering  the  country.  The  missionaries  simply 
cooperate  with  the  Assembly  which  is  fully  self- 
governing. 

An  Object  Lesson  in  Christian  Giving 

The  congregations  of  this  Church,  which  are  as- 
sociated with  our  Mission,  have  1200  church  build- 
ings. Only  seven  of  these  have  in  them  a cent  of 
money  from  America.  They  were  all  paid  for  by 
the  Koreans.  All  of  the  240  ordained  pastors  are 
paid  entirely  by  the  churches.  That  is  the  law  of 
the  Church.  About  80%  of  all  other  church  workers 
are  also  paid  by  the  people.  In  1919  the  Koreans 
connected  with  these  1200  churches  raised  for  their 
work  a total  of  $144,000,  or  more  money,  dollar  for 
dollar  than  our  Board  sent  in  that  year  to  Korea, 
even  including  the  cost  of  new  property  and  the 


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salaries  of  the  missionaries.  And  for  their  foreign 
mission  work  alone,  these  Koreans  gave  in  that 
year  about  $8,000  in  gold. 

An  Object  Lesson  in  Church  Unity 

Between  the  Methodist  and  Presbyterian  forces 
there  has  always  been  the  greatest  harmony.  In 
1909,  they  divided  between  themselves  the  whole 
field  by  county  lines,  so  that  in  Korea  a man  is  not 
a Presbyterian  or  Methodist  from  choice,  but  simply 
because  he  happens  to  live  in  a certain  county.  If 
he  moves  across  a county  line,  he  automatically 
changes  his  Church.  There  is  but  one  hymn-book 
for  all  the  field,  one  union  Church  newspaper,  union 
Sunday  School  and  all  other  literature.  There  is  a 
Federal  Council  of  all  the  missionaries  and  another 
Federal  Council  of  officially  elected  delegates  from 
the  Presbyterian  General  Assembly  and  the  Meth- 
odist Conferences  who  handle  all  questions  of  gen- 
eral interest.  This  is  practical  though  not  technical 
organic  union. 


The  Educational  Problem 

This  growing  spirit  of  Christian  unity  has  made 
it  possible  to  establish  a number  of  union  institu- 
tions of  higher  learning  among  which  are  “The 
Women’s  Academy”  for  the  training  of  Christian 
teachers,  “Chosen  Christian  College,”  “Severance 
Union  Medical  College”  and  “Pierson  Memorial 
Bible  Institute.”  All  these  are  located  at  Seoul 
while  Pyengyang  is  the  seat  of  the  “Women’s  Bible 
Institute”  and  of  the  “Union  Theological  Seminary” 
with  its  outgrowth  “The  Union  Christian  College.” 


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At  Syen  Chun,  the  center  of  a large  country  work, 
the  Presbyterian  Board  maintains  the  “Boys  Acad- 
emy and  Industrial  School”  and  the  “Louise  Chase 
Institute” — the  latter  intended  for  girls  and  women 
who  have  not  had  the  advantages  of  a primary  edu- 
cation. The  Mission  also  conducts  several  other  Bible 
Institutes  and  Academies  not  here  named.  The  politi- 
cal disturbances  of  recent  years  have  interfered 
seriously  with  all  educational  work.  Now  that  par- 
tial quiet  has  been  restored,  the  influx  of  students 
is  such  as  to  create  a very  serious  situation,  which 
demands  instant  relief. 

Many  of  the  schools  are  being  crowded  to  over- 
flowing and  new  applications  for  admission  are  con- 
stantly coming  in.  Christian  Koreans  covet  a Chris- 
tian education  for  their  children  and  are  making 
many  sacrifices  to  secure  it.  At  one  meeting  in 
Pyengyang  $30,000  were  given  by  those  present  to 
provide  a Christian  education  for  the  young  people 
of  the  Church.  For  the  schools  of  lower  grade  the 
Korean  Church  assumes  the  entire  expense,  but  help 
is  needed  and  needed  now  for  the  enlargement  and 
equipment  of  the  higher  schools  to  meet  the  present 
unprecedented  demand.  Unless  we  have  schools  to 
train  our  Christian  leaders,  there  will  be  no  one  to 
teach  the  men  and  women  who  from  the  dense 
ignorance  of  heathenism  are  now  turning  by  thou- 
sands to  the  Church.  The  opportunity  is  momentous. 
It  will  pass. 

Medical  Work 

Medically  little  was  done  for  the  people  before  the 
missionaries  entered  the  country.  Now  (1920)  there 


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are  22  mission  hospitals  averaging  each  10,000  treat- 
ments per  year  and  the  Severance  Hospital  at  Seoul 
last  year  treated  52,400  patients.  There  are  thou- 
sands of  lepers  in  Chosen,  and  a department  for  the 
study  of  this  scourge  has  lately  been  added  to  this 
Hospital. 


Social  and  Political  Relations 

The  foreign  community  of  the  country  consists  of 
approximately  400  French,  British  and  American 
miners,  and  as  many  more  people  in  business  and 
diplomatic  circles.  They  have  always  been  most 
cordial  to  the  work,  and  in  social  relations.  The 
Korean  people  as  a whole,  whether  they  have  be- 
come Christians  or  not,  have  from  the  first  been 
friendly.  We  have  among  our  Christians  some  of 
the  highest  officials  in  the  kingdom.  For  example 
the  vice-governor  of  the  province  in  which  Seoul  is 
located,  is  an  elder  in  one  of  our  churches  and 
takes  his  turn  in  preaching  there. 

Between  the  Japanese  and  the  Koreans  since  the 
annexation  in  1910  there  has  been  more  or  less  fric- 
tion, and  the  position  of  the  missionaries  has  at  times 
been  very  difficult,  but  they  have  rigidly  maintained 
a neutral  stand.  In  1919,  when  Chosen’s  great 
struggle  for  independence  began,  many  Japanese 
officials  persisted  in  attributing  the  movement  to 
missionary  instigation.  The  Government,  however, 
after  investigating  the  matter  has  publicly  exon- 
erated the  missionaries  and  they  are  unmolested. 
Even  the  slanders  of  the  Japanese  and  Korean  news- 
papers instead  of  discrediting  Christianity  “have 
fallen  out  rather  unto  the  furtherance  of  the  Gos- 


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pel,”  and  to  the  exaltation  of  the  Church  and  of  the 
missionary  in  the  eyes  of  the  average  Korean. 

‘‘Persecuted  But  Not  Destroyed” 

The  fires  of  trial  which  seemed  at  one  time  to 
threaten  the  existence  of  the  Church  have  but  caused 
the  Gospel  light  to  burn  more  brightly ; and  now  in 
spite  of  political  unrest  and  disturbance,  the  Church 
has  resumed  its  usual  activities  and  is  going  steadily 
on.  The  year  1920  was  marked  by  some  of  the 
greatest  revivals  in  the  history  of  the  Mission, 
crowds  of  6,000  to  7,000  gathering  at  one  of  the 
churches  in  Seoul  night  after  night  and  meetings 
being  held  four  times  daily,  with  1200  people  out 
at  a sunrise  prayer  meeting.  In  October  of  that 
year,  the  Korean  General  Assembly  decided  to  send 
an  additional  foreign  missionary  to  China. 

The  Plea 

“The  great  problem  of  the  Stations  is  to  get  the 
work  done  with  the  force  of  missionaries  on  hand. 
The  work  is  opening  up  so  that  neither  the  mis- 
sionaries nor  the  Korean  Church  can  take  care  of  it. 
The  Korean  Church  has  not  nearly  the  number  of 
trained  workers  that  it  needs,  and  the  burdens  on 
the  shoulders  of  the  missionaries  on  the  field  are  so 
heavy  that  it  seems  impossible  for  them  to  carry  any 
heavier  ones.  Doctors  and  ordained  men  are  needed, 
single  women  to  do  teaching  in  almost  every  line  and 
to  do  evangelistic  work.  From  every  Station  comes 
the  plea  for  reinforcements  to  seize  this  time  of 
opportunity.  ’ ’ 


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The  Prospect 

“The  East  must  be  evangelized,”  writes 
Rev.  Charles  Allen  Clark,  D.D.,  of  Seoul, 

“if  this  world  is  to  be  made  safe  for  any- 
body. God  seems  to  have  indicated  that  He 
has  chosen  the  people  of  Chosen  to  do  that 
work.  They  are  doing  all  that  one  could 
expect,  and  more.  They  are  willing  to  give 
of  themselves  and  their  means  ‘until  it 
hurts  and  then  to  keep  on  giving  until  it 
stops  hurting.’  The  only  difficulty  is  that 
they  have  so  little  to  give  as  over  against 
the  gigantic  problem  which  they  are  facing. 

If  we  can  help  in  that,  and  can  back  them 
with  our  sympathy  and  our  prayers,  they 
can  do  what  we  could  never  accomplish. 
Investment  here  will  bring  a thousand  fold, 
and,  despite  difficulties,  ‘the  prospect  is  as 
bright  as  the  promises  of  God.’  ” 

Note.  For  most  recent  statistics  of  the  Chosen 
Mission,  consult  the  current  Annual  Report  of  the 
Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Missions. 


October,  1921. 


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